🎤 Jason Stacy's day at the office
What does a high-performance coach do? Well, when you occupy that role for the No. 1-ranked player on the WTA Tour, you do a little bit of everything.
Jason Stacy, arguably the CEO of Team Sabalenka, joined The Big T in Miami after a quick turnaround from the winner's circle at Indian Wells.
"My role is making sure doing the right things at the right time," Stacy says. "I used to do a lot of the physio and massage work, now we have Helen [Murawska] on board. I don't do any of that, really; her and I talk about what's working, what's not working, what we need to do."
Multiply that by everyone in Team Sabalenka—who focus on the 27-year-old's nutrition, fitness and recovery, and emotional game (controlling her breathing and heart rate are two such methods)—and you get a sense of Stacy's top priority: establishing processes, and a culture, that leads to success.
"It's not just, do you have the knowledge and experience," he says, "it's also who you are as a person—do you fit in with the team?"
The ultimate goal is to ensure that, "from a physical standpoint, a mental standpoint, Aryna has everything she needs to be able manage her energy well enough to perform."
